KCAP vs. PSEC, OCSL, VRTS, CSWC, SLRC, FDUS, TCPC, GLAD, GAIN, and PNNT
Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Capital Southwest (CSWC), SLR Investment (SLRC), Fidus Investment (FDUS), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), and PennantPark Investment (PNNT). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Portman Ridge Finance vs. Its Competitors
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:KCAP) and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Prospect Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Portman Ridge Finance. Prospect Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portman Ridge Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Prospect Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 148.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prospect Capital pays out -62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prospect Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Prospect Capital received 95 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.79% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Prospect Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Prospect Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Portman Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Prospect Capital and 0 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance. Prospect Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Prospect Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of -35.34% compared to Prospect Capital's net margin of -36.07%. Prospect Capital's return on equity of 12.43% beat Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity.
Prospect Capital has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.96%. Given Prospect Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prospect Capital is more favorable than Portman Ridge Finance.
27.6% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of Prospect Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prospect Capital has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Prospect Capital beats Portman Ridge Finance on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KCAP) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
